The Music of Christopher Kaufman

Here is a shot from the final performance of our opening tour - at NYU's Frederick Loewe Theater: in the foreground you see artist Ken-Cro-Ken enacting a live painting as part of the performance:

Commissioned by Quintet of the Americas -

Christopher Kaufman's HUDSON VALLEY QUINTET features - in addition to the Quintet's amazing live performances - a CDTape composed of hundreds of natural sounds from the Hudson Valley Environment and compelling visuals comprised of natural imagery and the art of Ken-Cro-Ken and Alice Cotton.

The initial season was presented in concert with the Wildlife Conservation Society's 'Mannahatta Project'.

...Dr. Eric Sanderson spoke after some of the performances.

HUDSON VALLEY QUINTET celebrates the beauty and nature of the Hudson Valley as well as delivering a message concerning environmental preservation. PRESS for more information.

NEW MEMBER of the MANHATTAN PRODUCERS ALLIANCE:

• LITTLE COURAGE will be screened at the The New York International Latino Film festival: Here are details - Come and see it. Visit link above for more info about film and filmmaker Veronica Ceicedo. I composed the music.

www.nylatinofilm.com

LITTLE COURAGE
Clearview Cinemas Chelsea Screen 8, 12:00 PM Sat, Aug 01
W 23rd St & 8th Ave, New York, NY

LITTLE COURAGE
SVA Theater Screen 1, 3:00 PM Fri, Jul 31
23rd Street Bet. 8th and 9th Ave., New York, NY

• LITTLE COURAGE was also recently screened at the Lower East Side Arts Festival.

• Bombastiq Brass is performing my 'Theme and Variations on a Tune by T.'Fats' Waller'.

..... Christopher Kaufman at Carnegie Hall .........

On 1/31/09 I delivered a speech representing OBAMA Music, Arts and Entertainment. The brilliant New York Empire Trio, of the Bulgarian Virtuosi, performed. Their concert included a work by Bulgarian composer Roumi Petrova which I also introduced. I spoke about ObamaMae, the founder Marla Turner, of my experiences with ObamaMae and the participation of myself and other artists in Barack Obama's successful Presidential Campaign.

The New York Empire Trio performs at Canegie Hall (Weill Recital Hall)

visit their site by pressing their name. Hristo Popov, violin - Kalin Ivanov, cello - Joshua Pierce, piano.

. "Mark Sutton is the host and producer of Liberal Arts, the radio show that explores the arts from an unapologetically political perspective." Visit his site here: Liberal Arts Radio

INTERVIEW

I was recently interviewed by Mark Sutton on his show the week of October 20, 2008. Feel free to visit the link and listen to the interview - you also hear the full interview above - which includes my setting of Barack Obama's North Carolina Victory Speech and our discussion of political action. You can also hear the featured work CALL FOR CHANGE - Victory N.C. on the music player above. Also you can listen to Mark's interview (on his site) with Marla Turner who founded the site Obama Music Arts and Entertainment where I was FEATURED ARTIST OF THE MONTH (August):: and where you can find my member page and download politically inspired music. All thanks to Mark and Marla! - two very impressive individuals.

Won the LOFTCITY VIRAL AD *AWARD - with writer/director Julian Overall.

Scored the film AZREAL with Italian director Eliana De Paolis. Completed full sound design for film 'THE LAST SON...' with Indian writer/director Varun Shah.

My music has been used for the Wall Street Journal 'Foward Thinking' campaign viewable here:Forward Thinking and 'J.D.Robb Salvation' for cable tv with Peter Cascone (4-D Creative Media).

Demetrius Spaneas - composer for film and concert stage / virtuoso performer (saxophone, clarinet, flute) - world traveling new music champion - read more about him and listen to his music by visiting his site.

MUSIC FROM EARTH: - for Alto Saxophone Soloist and Tape of Western/Eastern Orchestra, Electronic and Natural Sounds::

MUSIC FROM EARTH was composed during the last two weeks of August, 2007 for Saxophonist and New Music Champion Demetrius Spaneas. It is part of a series of works inspired by Environmental Awareness, the leadership of Al Gore and others, my own sense of these issues and my love of the sounds involved. Demetrius has premiered the work in Tashkent, Uzbekistan (11/7/7) and performed it at the DOM Cultural Center in Moscow. He continued to tour the work with a number of other pieces of American music (including his own) in locations such as Kyrgyzstan, the Ukraine, Bulgaria, St. Petersburg and Riga, Latvia. Now we will perform it in America. When possible the performances include a film of natural imagery. This film, which I created, uses microscopic images and images of familiar forms close up so as to appear abstract as well as recognizable natural images such as creatures and geographical forms. Here you can read the journal blog Demetrius wrote of his travels Demetrius's Blog.

HEAR EXCERPTS from MUSIC FROM EARTH on my AUDIO PAGE::

*[All Sounds are 'watermarked' for protection and copywritten.]

Other sites:

On my YOU TUBE SITE you can see a number of short films: 'Kaufman's Film Class'.

... and you can find me on the American Composers Forum, the American Music Center and others.

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Previous Newsletter:

Visit my Older Composer page: which has news from previous years.

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Acknowledgements: Thanks to the many who have helped me on my way: my family, my teachers, my many artistic friends and collaborators, and advisors. - all new and old. And especially my dear wife Maryclare for her love and constant support.

VISIT the impressive sites of my brilliant sisters;

Alexandria Pallas, Ph.D. - and read about her fascinating - 'The Indifference Project'.

And Alice Cotton - Illustrator, Artist, Award Winning Teacher and Musician. My first Teacher.

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